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Title: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: MrsR on August 29, 2008, 13:09:59 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7583584.stm

Beautiful footage to watch also

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: Dawn F on August 29, 2008, 13:10:55 PM

the kites are lovely, they circle over our garden, when I first moved I was worried they would take the cat!!!

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on August 29, 2008, 21:38:52 PM

I have red kites over me  ;D

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: Kirst on August 30, 2008, 19:35:52 PM

We have lots around Oxfordshire - they are sooooooooooooooo beautiful!

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: alisonandarchie on August 31, 2008, 00:25:44 AM

Great news. Now I know a mysterious bird that flew overhead the other day on my way back from Hereford was a Red Kite ;D

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on August 31, 2008, 03:08:08 AM

They are the only bird of prey with a forked tail, and thats how you can tell them when they soar over  ;D

There seems to be a pair round here  and we also have a seagull or two and I saw the seagull attacking one of the kites and it regualirly attacks jackdoors (sp) too. I dont know if the seagull had chicks near but first you hear the noise and eventually you see the gull going crazy!

Title: Re: Red Kite number soars - good news for once
Post by: Christine (Blip) on August 31, 2008, 11:57:29 AM

My friend in mid-Wales sees red kites daily too.  Beautiful birds  :)